2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	11 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	17
Nations:	6
Win Value:	2:08.16
Gold:	Yui Ohashi
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Sydney Pickrem
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Miho Teramura
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Maya DiRado of the United States.^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record		2:06.12	Kazan, Russia	3 August 2015
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:09.93	Irvine, United States	21 August 2010
			Gold Coast, Australia	24 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

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QA

Qualified A Final

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QB

Qualified B Final

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 11 August from 10:00.^[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:09.86	QA, CR
2			2:10.07	QA
3			2:10.23	QA
4			2:10.25	QA
5			2:11.18	QA
6			2:11.26	QB,
7			2:11.90	QB
8			2:12.62	QA
9			2:13.33	QB
10			2:13.67	QB
11			2:16.49	QB
12			2:17.78	QA
13			2:18.09
14			2:19.39	QA
15			2:20.73	QB
16			2:40.11	QB

B Final

The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			2:12.06
10			2:13.31
11			2:13.41
12			2:13.54
13			2:17.05
14			2:37.97

A Final

The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:08.16	CR
			2:09.07	NR
			2:09.86
4			2:09.90
5			2:10.67
6			2:12.08
7			2:18.38
8			2:18.63

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 13 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre individual medley finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 23 August 2014 . 13 August 2018 . 17 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141017151356/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F026.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Individual Medley Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 11 August 2018 . 13 August 2018.
4. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 13 August 2018.
5. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Individual Medley B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 11 August 2018 . 13 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Individual Medley Final . Seiko.co.jp . 11 August 2018 . 13 August 2018.